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Library of Ruina now has more book drops

Anonymous Sat 24 Jul 2021 18:03:01 No.695944 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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and a few more things.

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Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:54:40 No.708526 Report

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>>708521
it sure wouldve been, but no. his card art is nice enough already anyways

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:00:19 No.708534 Report

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>>708526
agreed, phil's card art and how it parallels across his various incarnations is amazing, pretty minor in the grand scheme of things but it's indicative of the tremendous amount of care and passion that went into all aspects of this game

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Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:09:04 No.708537 Report

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>>708534
honestly yeah, i feel like ol' phil especially got a lot of love, not only was he the longest running guest aside from argalia, the main antagonist, you
>fight him the most
>he got arguably the best final form of the ensemble
>had one of the best fights of the ensemble mirroring all his past fights
>a lot of care went into each of his cards
the whole game has a lot of care and passion put into it, and phil is a prime example, i think someone at PM liked him a lot

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:23:07 No.708547 Report

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Assuming the Distorted Ensemble won, would they be able to survive the gremlin and her tard wrangler? It just seems like the Blue Virgin is just destined to lose.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:24:39 No.708548 Report

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>>708547
honestly no, they got way weaker the moment they became fully distorted

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battle brothers thread

Anonymous Sat 17 Jul 2021 19:39:37 No.688455 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Are nachzherers overpowered or underpowered? I think they are fine outside of the arena

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Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:52:39 No.708520 Report

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Fellas, I'm about to cry. How do I beat serpents???

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:57:42 No.708533 Report

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>>708520
Your not going to like the answer... It involves leveling a bro up until they can get indomitable and using them to tie down a few serpents before rushing in and killing a few

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:16:15 No.708542 Report

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>>708388
Cream of the crop is LW, ganking is PM, culling bros to progress though is top tier dogshit logic in any start, especially in PM, mediocre bros are still bros, 1 more decoy to put between your good bros and the enemy warlord/chosen to buy time, 4 more nets to put on enemies, a dog, and a dagger to steal shit from enemies. If you don't want him soaking up XP past 7 you can throw him in reserve, if you need some shitter to babysit/protect your talented level 1 with pike while he kill enemies to get XP, if you need to fill a hole in your formation because your duelist ate an axe and ended up with a split shoulder, he'll be there, right up until the moment a formidable enemy gets the better of him, then he will be buried, sent away to the afterlife, leaving his legacy with his company, immortalised not just as an employee, but as a fighter, a protector, a true brother.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:17:27 No.708543 Report

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>>708186
unironically bring axes and shields, the faster you chew through the conscripts the faster you can get to the officers and gunners

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Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:23:04 No.708546 Report

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>>708520
serpents are goblin in spirit, the kiters of the animal world. i recall that in starcraft 2 there is a unit called 'viper' which has the spell 'abduct' which remotely pulls in an enemy unit into viper location where it can be focused down. and viper is a kind of snake which is synonymous with serpent which is the name of the snakes in battle brothers therefore i call them vipers in my head but this is anecdotal. there is the indom method where you force the vipers to move closer because their abduct won't work on the tank, it requires having indom and also moving the backline 1 tile behind to put in extra distance, however snakes are intelligent and will often not engage your shield line and instead attempt to flank, so you need some ranged units or else it will create a stalemate and indom wouldn't have helped. with ranged you can often abuse their goblin nature by kiting snakes indefinitely. however those aren't the dev intended ways of beating snakes so a true seeker of balance would disapprove, the intended method of beating them is to do to them what all kiters hate and engage them all in zone of control, just punch them down with raw stats and correct vanilla assault tactics. their abduct has range 3 and costs 6 out of 9 ap so they're like the ultimate pole arm users, and they almost always use wait command to try to get a double turn on you, so the proper 'counter' is to burst them down with adrenaline/stagger and big weapons. once they're in melee range their abduct loses all meaning as it's just a waste of action points in a dps race plus it requires an empty adjacent tile which often isn't there. in runs when i'm forced to accept every contract early snakes are all about bravery and getting the right engagement as early ranged sucks. if you find them in oasis terrain which is the prettiest terrain you can make good use of water tiles to force them through a choke point which often backfires because they can pull you into water.

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Anonymous Fri 25 Jun 2021 17:35:58 No.659808 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Anyone still playing this?
I know everyone has a boner for Cities Skylines but I just can't get into it
I like the region mechanic too much here

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Anonymous Sun 01 Aug 2021 06:59:45 No.705508 Report

Quoted By: >>707415 >>708257 >>708480

Alright so I am about to reinstall SC4 after a decade or more. I mostly remember which mods I like, although I'm sure some have gotten better since then.

Only questions I have is around installation these days. What's recommended? Does it work well installed from some game stores or app store? Or is installing from an old disk still beneficial?
Or is it easier in WINE in Linux? I have heard that some older games can work better in WINE than the newer Windows versions?

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Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 13:53:24 No.707415 Report

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>>705508
I would like to know the answer to this as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 23:24:48 No.708257 Report

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>>705508
I uninstalled the disc version of SC4 and replaced it with the GOG version with no difference whatsoever.
Can't answer about Windows (still using 7) but I haven't heard of anyone having trouble with it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 03:44:53 No.708480 Report

Quoted By: >>708545

>>705508
The last time I installed it in Wine, it just didn't work. It's really my only reason for even having a real Windows computer. Maybe things have changed since then, IDK.

The GOG version is the latest patched version, and it should skip having to have a CD key. The version on Steam should be the same revision as GOG. If it doesn't work for you, the slightly older version that came on the old "Deluxe" CD is possibly more forgiving, and it shoud be the same version that installs from Origin.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:19:37 No.708545 Report

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>>708257
>>708480
I appreciate the responses. I spend ~90% of my day in Linux so I'll probably give the Steam version with Proton a shot, then GOG+PlayOnLinux, and fall back to Windows 10 if necessary. I have some concerns for how mods will work, but I will report back (eventually) with I learn.

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Starsector

Anonymous Sat 17 Jul 2021 04:55:18 No.687742 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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You do only run 1 combat capital in your fleet, right anon?

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Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 03:32:07 No.708471 Report

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>>707103
What did you reskin?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:06:00 No.708535 Report

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>>707315
It is basically just 2 or 3, they also post a cleaned version on the forums.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:11:06 No.708538 Report

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>>708535
Yeah, the HTE guy (begrudgingly) removed the incompatibility after he got called on it by a ton of people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:12:08 No.708539 Report

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Why is Aria not allowed on the mod forums? It seems like the same shit as the guy's other space lesbian mods.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:19:03 No.708544 Report

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>>708539
Because "Arian Empire" is a "bigoted" and "problematic" faction, and in the name of "safety", Alex cannot in good faith allow this mod to exist on 'his' domain.

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Anonymous Sat 03 Jul 2021 15:53:11 No.672126 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Another HOI4 thread: Kaiserredux edition

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Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 22:18:01 No.708182 Report

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>>707226
https://discord.gg/HYXMMVUVpU
Here you go

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 22:45:42 No.708217 Report

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>play KR Germany
>invest into the Ukraine at every point possible
>they still leave the reikspakt because of ther jerk off focus tree
Damn... that'll teach me for not supporting woman's suffrage

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 00:22:31 No.708306 Report

Quoted By: >>708357

>>707086
Have to admit, of them, I do like how Thousand Week Reich has Japan still losing in spite of Germany winning. Incompletely victory of both sides is at least a bit more interesting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 01:34:07 No.708357 Report

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>>708306
>played italy
>just sat around doing focuses for 2 hours, all diplomatic options are locked
>the only war I could fight was against Tito
>the am*ricans came and destroyed germany
>they demand I end fascism
>refuse
>immediately get obliterated by their thousands of divisions
I don't see the appeal.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:15:07 No.708541 Report

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The biggest problem with these WW2 victory mods is that they seem to either be made exclusively by commies and shitlibs, both of whom don't have the pragmatism necessary to actually make a compelling world where NS and Fascism reign supreme, like how in TNO there's still a big oragnaized communist movement even though there isnt a power like the USSR to back it up.

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Uninteresting Upgrades in RTS

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 00:07:12 No.706621 View Reply Original Report

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Does anyone actually like this shit? I can understand tech for your units to unlock major features but just a flat +1 damage or armor for all your infantry is the most boring shit in RTS and seems to exist for the sole purpose of having something to spend resources on.

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Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 23:13:08 No.708248 Report

Quoted By: >>708260

>>706776
Depending on how the armour is implemented and how the damage is delivered, that changes a lot. Units dealing damage rapidly can have high-DPS, then get a significant percentage of it reduced if armour reduces flat damage per point. If a unit with the same DPS delivers it in a single long-cooldown attack to a single-target though, then armour isn't as effective unless it's reducing damage by a percentage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 23:29:34 No.708260 Report

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>>708248
The way AoE2 handles it is fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 23:38:44 No.708271 Report

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>>707599
OP's pic, Warcraft, does that with the mage unit types. Not really a novel idea.
Many a game I won by upgrading necromancers so they can pop out one more skeleton.
>>707891
>competitive
I play for fun, catering to competititve play is counterproductive, as Overwatch has proven.
Also those are just examples, you can make them more consistent but the gist is you give a new dimension of play so it's not samey "whack each other but with higher numbers".

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 02:46:17 No.708438 Report

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>>708135
>You're the one being mopped.
What shitters are you watching/playing with where +1, which usually costs about as much as 2 mid tier units, is somehow costing the game?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:12:09 No.708540 Report

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>>706621
The only thing I didn't like about Starcraft and Warcraft is that it was retroactively applied. Granted with sprites you'd need some clue a unit was upgraded but it tickles my autism the right way to dispose of obsolete units like I'm a villain giving a speech to schmucks that outlived their usefulness.

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Games like Jagged Alliance 2

Anonymous Fri 18 Jun 2021 23:15:31 No.648612 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Are there new games like JA2 around? Looks like every RTT now is like XCOM, and that's fine if I want some more arcade playstyle, but sometimes I want something more on the simulationist side. Is the niche dead?

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Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 17:13:09 No.707713 Report

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>>701168
you can with some savescumming
>invade Mike's sector
>knock him down without outright killing him (eg. with HP ammunition)
>while he's down, steal from him with high Dexterity mercenary
>there's like low put passable (maybe like 10%) chance you get his weapon
>retreat from the sector, come back (you need to actually spend some time in transit)
>he will have his gun again

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 19:54:47 No.707980 Report

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>1.13 unstable
Don't bother ads tons of useless fucking features and bullshit that detracts from the focus of the game
>1.13 stable
Honestly not that bad, you can just ignore the lame features. Do not, under any circumstances, use NCTH.
>1.13 stable + AI
This makes the game legitimately difficult. Every sector is a death struggle and picking apart fortefied compounds in the early game is some harrowing shit. It's straight up impossible without save scumming heavily imo. DO NOT use for your first time, save it for a second play through at least. That being said I could never go back to brain dead venilla AI.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 20:53:16 No.708071 Report

Quoted By: >>708081

Does bodyweight influence anything at alll in Silent Storm?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 20:59:22 No.708081 Report

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>>708071
No.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 05:07:05 No.708536 Report

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What mercenaries didn't return for Silent Storm Sentinels?

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Warhammer Total War

Anonymous Sun 25 Jul 2021 17:05:32 No.696886 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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So how do you deal with dwarfs as vampires in early game? I played Kemmler and my skellies and zombies were pretty useless against the manlets in battle. I killed them eventually through auto-resolve+two full stacks. But what's the not-brainlet approach to beating them?

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Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 18:33:34 No.707856 Report

Quoted By: >>708146

>>706766
Tell me about him? I've been interested in the beastmen for a while now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 21:51:02 No.708146 Report

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>>707856
>beastmen
Best coom faction

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 21:52:52 No.708152 Report

Quoted By: >>708528

Oddly enough the most fun I've had in WTW is playing beastmen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:55:03 No.708528 Report

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>>708152
Right? It's like playing Mount & Blade, just focus on your army and enjoy the action.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:55:29 No.708532 Report

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Is clan skyre the easiest faction in the game?

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Lands of Lords

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 14:45:42 No.707499 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Lands of Lords is a browser based MMO that takes place on a persistent world with a player driven economy. You take the role of noble family. You can build cities, engage in politics and diplomacy, fight wars and roleplay. It's free and we're always looking for new players. Come join Ingerland TODAY!

https://www.landsoflords.com/

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Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:50:15 No.708517 Report

Quoted By: >>708523

>>708514
Blech. Do they get ridiculously long? Like, "I want to do this thing, now I wait 24hrs" or "Moving units takes half a day IRL" sort of stuff?
It looks interesting but I don't like checking something multiple times a day. It just becomes a chore at that point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:53:31 No.708523 Report

Quoted By: >>708525

>>708517
You have up to 5 characters with their own domains, each of those domains has 10's of units that can be used to automatically produce things or you can use them to build new things. New buildings can take a few minutes to days depending on what you're building (castle vs well) and how many units you have working on it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:54:23 No.708525 Report

Quoted By: >>708531

>>708523
I might pass then. Thanks for the information.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:55:02 No.708527 Report

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>>708511
only the breed action requires you to feed them

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:55:20 No.708531 Report

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>>708525
good choice it's all I play now

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 18:12:01 No.695090 View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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VEE

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Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 20:31:57 No.708043 Report

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>>705126
Can you drop here your email for cup stuff?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 20:34:01 No.708047 Report

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>>708043
[email protected] for cup stuff

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 20:36:24 No.708050 Report

Quoted By: >>708083

>>695104
I played it when I was a kid.
Was pretty fun. Like a hooligan version of Gangster 1 and 2.

Games like that will never be made again under the current regimes of the west.
>>707361
>>707875
>yfw the devs apologised for their portrayal of arabs and regret the chemical weapons and suicide bomber units.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Aug 2021 20:59:53 No.708083 Report

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>>708050
Well good thing they apologised AFTER releasing the game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Aug 2021 04:55:13 No.708530 Report

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For the pitch, maybe it's possible to create a CKII custom map where the territory borders are the pitch markings, colour it appropriately, and come up with punny names for each segment?

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